The historical detail of this book is what held my attention the greatest. Though the plot flowed smoothly and the characters were well written and likable, I enjoyed all of the little additional bits of information that were added to make the story more realistic. Though the plot was quite different, I found myself somewhat identifying this book with the movie Australia. The vernacular of the Australians took a little getting used to, but kept things light and easy. I read this book very quickly and had a hard time putting it down. I take that as a sign of a pretty darned good book. This is a book that I wouldn't mind reading over and over again.

I have mixed emotions on how to review this book. It was a good read...it grabbed me right from the beginning. However, Alice just irked me. She became a bitter and presumptuous woman. I wanted to like her and I tried so hard to keep a good attitude about her, but she just grew more crotchety with age. Perhaps that's part of what kept me intrigued though...I became the type of person she loved to hate...one who expected her to be more like Alice in Wonderland. The book is definitely worth the read and now has me uncomfortably obsessed with Alice as a character. In fact, I very nearly chose another Alice book as my next read. In the end, I decided that Alice and I need a moment of space from one another.

Employed the 20 page rule for this book and it passed. I was worried at first. Slightly upset that I read this book prior to all of the books in the series being released. Live and learn. Looking forward to reading the next one.

I really quite liked this book. I'm not sure why I didn't love it...I just didn't. The writing was solid and the characters were great. I think it probably came down to two small factors: 1...I couldn't keep some of the minor characters straight. It seemed like there were a lot of people introduced fleetingly and I kept forgetting who was who. 2...The multiple narrator thing really didn't add a whole lot. I think it may have detracted a bit. Other than those things though, it was a really good read. My love for all things Alice continues...(even if it isn't Alice in Wonderland, but just a modern day adaptation of sorts).

Sweet story. Just like every other Nicholas Sparks book, I find it sucked me in quite quickly and made it a nice easy read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Still Alice is a very well written and detailed view of the life of an early-onset Alzheimer's patient. It follows her life for a two year time period, documenting her steady decline. I found myself emotionally involved and moved by the story, sometimes feeling as if Alice were a real person needing comfort. Lisa Genova captures Alice's struggle to accept her disease and share it with her family. She demonstrates the difficulty that faces Alice in giving up a profession she loves and in slowly losing her memories of the people closest to her. I hurt for Alice and I found anger in the way her husband approached the illness, often abandoning her in order to save himself from the pain of her disease. I felt her loneliness and I ached for the times when she felt so utterly confused and lost. I feared for her safety and her happiness. In short, I felt that I came to really know her. For the most part I absolutely loved this book. Though sad and, in the end inevitable, I could not put this book down. The only thing keeping it from 5 stars for me was a somewhat lackluster conclusion, leaving me with a feeling of emptiness and a lack of resolution. It felt as though the book was wrapped up rather hastily, as if in a hurry to get it to a publisher rather than take the time to really keep the detail that had pulled the story along so seamlessly and see it through the end. I really could have done with more.

A good and easy read. Slightly more juvenile than her Infernal Devices series, but still worth the read.

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